{"product_id":"backcountry-skiing-martin-volken-9781594850387","title":"Backcountry Skiing: Skills for Ski Touring and Ski Mountaineering","description":"* For intermediate-to-advanced backcountry skiers\u003cbr\u003e * Includes trip planning, navigation, fitness, and avalanche safety information, \u003cbr\u003e in addition to techniques\u003cbr\u003e * Provides advice on how to make well-informed backcountry decisions \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Martin Volken and his co-authors provide skiers with all the tools and knowledge they need to safely and successfully travel in the mountain backcountry. The guide features intermediate-to-advanced techniques for ski touring and ski mountaineering, from planning backcountry trips to perfecting turns in rolling terrain and mastering uphill climbing. For those skiers ready for a more technical, high alpine environment, they draw on traditional mountaineering skills, including roped climbing, setting protection anchors, using ice axes, climbing on bare rock, and more. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In addition to mastering techniques, \u003ci\u003eBackcountry Skiing\u003c\/i\u003e also features information on recent evolutions in ski equipment; avalanche safety tips; a primer on mountain weather and glaciers, trip planning tools, a discussion of emergency situations, nutrition and fitness advice, and winter camping basics. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Throughout this guide, a special emphasis is put on being well-informed and making good decisions -- whenever you strap on your skis and skins and head out into the backcountry. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Martin Volken, Scott Schell, Margaret Wheeler\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1594850380\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781594850387\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Mountaineers Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/27\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 344\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.83h x 6.64w x 0.84d","brand":"Martin Volken","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44051200671999,"sku":"9781594850387","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_46cfface-cf45-46ed-9417-fa29b126c72b.jpg?v=1685011684","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/backcountry-skiing-martin-volken-9781594850387","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}